Dr. Calvin T. Mann

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Founder & President

​Calvin T. Mann, National Encourager is facilitator, Podcast co-host (Put Your Family First), mentor, visionary, coach, author of 6 books, community activist and proud father of 4. He continues to build boys and men in ways that change their trajectory. He has coordinated recreation and mentorship programs, led intervention strategies in detention centers, communities, families, and schools. Since 2004, a champion for the silenced voices of children slain to suicide and violence; Mann placed t-shirts with positive messages of encouragement at the sight of slain children to raise awareness of our responsibility to our children and their future. Mann’s passion and unique perspective exemplifies diversity, self-belief and love for his fellow man. Often serving on panels, creating intervention opportunities in schools, or speaking directly to students of all ages offering his enlightening words while captivating audiences. Offering practical solutions and perspectives of fatherhood, realizing your potential, mentorship, family connections, community impact, or sportsmanship his topics empower people toward real change. He has earned the respect and admiration of many including the City of Detroit who bestowed its highest honor The Spirit of Detroit award along with Wayne County and the State of Michigan both presenting powerful Resolutions naming April 6th EMIY National Respect Day to acknowledge the achievement, investment and role of Calvin T. Mann locally and throughout the country. Calvin is a Man[n] on the front line; encouraging boys and supporting fathers; changing families and our community one encouraging word at a time.

Dr. Heather Hetheru Miller, B.S., C.P.P.

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Executive Director

For more than 25 years, Heather Hetheru has been advocating and developing the personal and professional growth of Metro Detroiters.  She has trained, consulted, and coached more than 20,000 from ages 3 – 94 through a variety of training that includes entrepreneurship, professional development, and self-discovery.  Additionally, she has coordinated training programs, workshops, and seminars for organizations, corporations, and individuals. Facilitator, Writer, Author, Consultant and Personal Change Coach; her contributions to economic, business, community, and personal development include facilitating more than 100 corporate training programs, serving as business consultant to more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, and coordinating more than 30 youth/senior employment programs; and building bridges to meet the inequity gaps for new, existing and seasoned entrepreneurs. Wife and mother, Heather Hetheru is at peace in any space she occupies. Inspired by her “burning bush” experience she continues to write books, blogs, articles as well as create lessons for the journey tools to bring about the restoration of families through advocacy, action and acumen.

Lawrence F. Jackson - ​EMIY Advisory

Emerging Enterprise Group CEO

Lawrence F. Jackson is a respected advisor and business advocate. He has worked with both profit and nonprofit businesses.  His strength is the development and implementation of strategic action plans created by analyzing the financial profiles of the enterprise.  His experience is the basis for his in-depth knowledge and expertise in:  Commercial and Retail Banking Products; Analysis and Problem Solving; and the Presentation of seminars and workshops.  Lawrence’s approach to enhance Customer Support is to develop collaborative relationships, to meet varied business needs. Implicit in his success is the ability to listen, address each need and communicate.

Mr. Jackson is a Certified Business Consultant and Certified Fast Trac Facilitator. He Holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Wayne State University and a MBA from Davenport University. Mr. Jackson has assisted and coached 100’s of businesses through his Consulting Firm Emerging Enterprise Group which focuses on Financial Strategies and Strategic Planning. The mission of the Emerging Enterprise Group is to develop the Business Intelligence of Entrepreneurs to Change the economy from the Bottom up. (Notable: Featured Speaker for Start-Up Week 2018 “Accounting Blind Spots”, Developed Cash Flow Training for TechTown Detroit 2020 Covid 19 313 Strong Response team)

Robert C. Weide - ​EMIY Board​, Treasurer

Treasurer
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Bob graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting and minoring in Computer Information Systems.

Bob has years of experience in corporate (profit and non-profit) and individual tax planning and preparation, financial statement preparation (personal, compilation, review and audit), and consulting for special projects including assistance with internal control and board meeting presentations.

Bob is active in multiple non-profit organizations, from sitting on boards to participating with the programs. From house clean up days to playing hockey with the Detroit Red Wings Alumni, Bob gives his time as needed.

Bob is a father of two boys (young men) that often accompany him on his various missions.

Dr. Chandra Carr EMIY Board

Dr. Chandra Carr
​Chandra Carr is a Social Worker by trade and is dedicated to helping individuals in low socioeconomic environments that are in a disadvantage state concerning their mental health, physical health, and academic environment. She has over 13 years of experience working with children and adults in the mental health, developmentally disabled, homeless, and public health field. Dr. Carr has also been fortunate to work with children and adults, who are delinquent, emotionally impaired, cognitively impaired, developmentally disabled, incarcerated, and suffer from diagnosed psychiatric disorders. While working with these individuals, she has learned how to strengthen and empower them and their families to interact effectively with their environment.
 
Various positions have also provided her with the leadership and management ability to create innovative programming for children, adolescents, and adults that will progressively prepare them to better themselves and their community through cognitive behavioral recognition and choice analysis. These management opportunities have allowed Dr. Carr to be heavily involved with family learning, parent involvement, entrepreneurship, youth development, and community integration.
 
Dr. Carr noticed that the view of human services, business, and education has changed in a new and exciting way. Her doctoral achievement allowed her to have a greater capability and a stronger determination to go beyond direct service, as well as enlarging professional services in managerial and scholarly avenues. These skills have illuminated and launch an assured victory within the community. Dr. Carr created Miller-Carr Human Services (MCHS) in 2016 after serving as the CEO for The Redeemed Counseling and Social Services for 9 years. As the CEO of MCHS, Dr. Carr leads efforts that grow and support children and families within the community. She addresses the mental, behavioral, social, and economic needs of individuals in Wayne and Oakland Counties. She uses and exercises her skills of creativity and critical thinking, as well as obtaining knowledge that improves daily life of current and future generations. Her gift is to work with special populations of adolescent youth, specifically girls.
 
Chandra Carr has obtained a PhD in Counseling from Capella University, a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Community Service from Michigan State University. 

Angela Prince​ - ​EMIY Board

Angela has spent 30 years in education creating change in our education system; it is her life’s purpose and while she is no longer in the school setting, she is still fulfilling her mission by helping others make Educational Decisions to Lead, Inspire, Fuel and Empower their lives, throughout the country. She has worked in almost every capacity in her K-12 education professional career having taught grade K-Adult, ages five through sixty.  She is the Visionary and Founder of EDLIFE Consulting Services and works with schools, universities, and districts across the United States to provide educational reviews to measure their organizational effectiveness, as well  as provide support models for school improvement for their most critical schools.

Cornell Mann​ - ​EMIY Advisory

Cornell Mann joined Cuonzo Martin’s coaching staff as an assistant coach in April 2017, traveling to Columbia, Missouri, with a wealth of championship basketball experience. He enters his fourth season at Mizzou, having reached the NCAA Tournament at five of six schools coached at, including Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Dayton, Iowa State and Mizzou.

Mann’s amassed 271 wins in his career, racking up 13 20-win seasons over his career, including 10 consecutive from 2007 to 2018. Mann has coached 12 teams to a postseason, including nine trips to the Big Dance. Previously at Iowa State from 2011-15, Mann was on staff at Oakland for the 2016-17 campaign. Mann brings NCAA Tournament coaching experience from five different schools to Martin’s staff, including a run of four consecutive NCAA berths with the Cyclones.

In first his first season at Mizzou, the Tigers qualified for their first NCAA Tournament since 2013, and recorded their first 20-win season in four years. Mann was the lead recruiter for First Team All-SEC guard Kassius Robertson, who led Mizzou in scoring in 2017-18. Mizzou battled to the 15-win mark in 2018-19 during an injury-riddled campaign, suffering just four losses to non-NCAA Tournament teams and two losses to teams who didn’t reach a postseason. In 2019-20, Mizzou’s squad featured one lone senior in Reed Nikko and battled injuries to starters Mark Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon to finish with seven SEC victories in SEC play and 15 overall, winning five of its final nine league games to close the season. The campaign was ended abruptly prior to the postseason due to COVID-19, but the Tigers saw several individuals make leaps with Mann’s help. Mizzou returns the oldest, most experienced team in the SEC in 2020-21 with 88 percent of its scoring back and with Mann leading the charge, inked a Top-40 recruiting class nationally in November of 2020.

In his time at Iowa State, Mann recruited and tutored one of the top point guards in college basketball in Flint, Michigan, native Monte Morris, who finished his Iowa State career with the best assist-to-turnover ratio in NCAA history (4.65-1). Morris remains the Cyclones’ all-time assists leader.

Mann was on staff at Dayton (2008-11) for three-straight postseason berths. In his first season with the Flyers, Mann helped coach Dayton to the second-most wins in school history (27) and a second round NCAA Tournament appearance.

Prior to Dayton, Mann served stints on coaching staffs at Western Michigan (2003-08) and Central Michigan (2001-03), with the Broncos making a Big Dance appearance in 2004 and the Chippewas advancing to the tournament in 2003.

A native of Royal Oak Township, Michigan, Mann earned a degree in family development from Akron in 1995, playing his final three seasons of eligibility for the Zips after starting his collegiate career at Colorado. He then earned his master’s degree at Iowa State in 2014. Mann has two children, a daughter, Cyncere, and a son, Maliq, who is a freshman on Purdue’s football team

Stacie G. Hunter - ​EMIY Advisory

​Stacie Hunter serves in the role of Vice President,  Community Manager for Detroit, for JPMorgan Chase.  Her role is to engage the community in meaningful relationships within the Detroit Metro area and bring information and resources to advance racial equity, reduce systemic racism against Black and Latinx people and support employees. Prior to coming to coming to JPMorgan Chase Stacie served as the Chief Operating Officer for Franklin Wright Settlements Inc.  She held the position of Vice President, Senior Branch Manager for Flagstar Bank Office, as well as the Leader for the Flagstar African Heritage Empowerment Network. Stacie has been in the banking industry for 30 years and have responsible for business development, community partnerships and the day-to-day duties of leading a banking team.  
 
Stacie has her B.A. Business/Marketing from the Wayne State University and her M.B.A in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. She has also graduated from the Leadership of Detroit and is now pursuing her Doctorate Degree in Non-Profit Leadership from Liberty University.
 
Stacie is married to Anthony Hunter, she is a mother and a grandmother. In her free time, she enjoys working with her husband with his business HD Productions, spending time with her family, reading, ministry, volunteering for youth programs, teaching financial literacy and business courses in the community. 

MiVida Burrus - EMIY Board

​MiVida Burrus has held key roles in fund development, grant writing and donor cultivation for area nonprofit organizations, municipalities and colleges. In her currently role as Senior Director of Development for Avalon Healing Center in Detroit she is working to ensure that funding is available to serve the community and survivors which is a continued commitment in her role at HAVEN where she served as the Development Director. In this role she was able to create partnerships for community awareness and support that lead to better lives and empowerment
for women, men, and children.

Her love and passion people lead her into the world fundraising. In this role she strives to connect people to their passions through philanthropy. However MiVida's passion isn’t limited to fundraising. She serves as the former committee and current member of IDEA - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access - Greater Detroit chapter of Association of Fundraising Professional as well as a member of the board. She had learned to merge IDEA with philanthropy to help more people gain access to great organizations that allows them to make an impact through their support. Community connections help to move the needle. Her number one takeaway, Philanthropy is all about love.

An active member of several boards, Genisys Credit Union, City of Troy’s Global Troy Committee, Encourage Me I’m Young and the Detroit Public Television Community Advisory Panel, MiVida uses her time and talent to help her community. In addition, she was selected by the Oakland County Commission to serve as a member of the Detroit Regional Conference and Facility Authority.

Burrus received both her Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Walsh College.

Kaden Wilson - ​EMIY Youth Advisory

Youth Advisory 
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There are a lot of many facts about myself that I would like to tell you. First of all, I am 18 years old attending the University of Michigan. My birthday is February 16, 2005 and I am an aquarius. I love sports and physical activities! Also I like playing video games. For example, I like games like Call of Duty, NBA 2K, Madden 21,& Mortal Kombat 11.I also like watching youtubers play these games on YouTube. I used to live with my mom and grandma. I graduated from both Cass Technical High School and Wayne County Community college with my associate degree in general studies. I did dual enrollment in high school so when I came to the University of Michigan I would have a lot of credits and I could graduate earlier. The most meaningful class I took at both institutions was my intro to entrepreneurship at Cass Tech. This very class made me the person I am. I have two businesses, one is called Trenches which is a clothing brand and an app called Sookk where you can book with service based businesses. Both of those businesses started from that very class. The learning style I’m accustomed to is first trial and error and then learning hands on and physical activities. I really don’t like doing things or assignments on the computer. I would rather be in person. The most important goal while being here at the University of Michigan is to leave a legacy. I want people to look back and say “Kaden was the man while he was at Michigan.” I first want to get Bachelors in Business Administration from Ross School of Business. Then I want to possibly come back to grad school and major in Political Science. One of my lifetime goals is to become the mayor of Detroit.

Dr. Galen Duncan ​EMIY Board

Dr. Galen Duncan 
Galen Duncan is on a journey, and it’s one that is significant! The most rewarding part of this journey is bringing others alongside him. Known as the Development Doctor, Galen has touched the lives of thousands around the country helping individuals become significant. He has a unique gift to to get the most out of people and get them to achieve things they didn’t think were possible. Galen is on the executive team for one of the NBA franchises where he is the VP of Professional Development. Prior to this role he served as a Senior Director of Player Development for ten years in the NFL. Galen grew up in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan and currently resides in Sacramento, CA. He is married to his wife Monica, and they have two children, Geordon and Mikayla.
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